Lighting of the Square — Woodstock

No tickets or registration listed. Bring a new, unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots drive if you wish.

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Woodstock's holiday season officially begins on the Friday after Thanksgiving, when the City of Woodstock switches on tens of thousands of lights in the trees of the Park-in-the-Square and on the buildings around the historic Square. Activities start at 4 p.m.: holiday carolers and band performances, food trucks, music and children's activities, plus a Toys for Tots drive where families can donate a new, unwrapped toy at the police department across from the Opera House. Santa makes a grand entrance before the lighting ceremony, which begins at 7 p.m. in the park. Around the Square, the Opera House shows its Christmas Tree Walk of trees decorated by local groups, the Old Courthouse Center hosts a Gingerbread House Walk, and the Grinch and Cindy Lou Who greet visitors upstairs in the Old Courthouse from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The city invites families to bundle up and come early; the page lists no tickets or registration and no admission price.